Apart from shrimp and prawns, they catch scabbard fish, squillas and croaker.

This boat looks very impressive with its many white sails and is also called

shroi kifujin 白い貴婦人 / 海の貴婦人White Lady of the Sea

But work on this beautful ship is very hard, sometimes operated only by a husband and wife team, who have to stand up and change the sails for many long hours.The boat is often driven by a small motor and the sails are used to drag the heavy nets on the windward side of the boat.

Then hauling the seven pouched nets in the boat by hand is another bit of heavy physical labour. One has to be careful not to damage too much of the seaweeds, especially Zostera, on the seabed.The catch in the Kumamoto area has dropped in recent years due to overfishing and sometimes the nets are quite empty.

Now they run some of these boats for tourists in Kumamoto from April to December.Ashikita Kanko Utasebune Association.